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14 Cards in this Set
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Austere |
Having no adornment or ornamentation; bare; not ornate |
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Altruism |
Unselfish concern for the welfare of others |
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Upbraid |
To express diapproval; scold; rebuke; censure |
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Conjecture |
An inference based on guesswork; a supposition |
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Mitigate |
To relieve; to lessen; to ease |
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Belie |
To contradict; to misrepresent; to prove to be false |
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Anachronism |
The false assignment of an event, person, scene, or language to a time when the event, person, scene, or word did not exist |
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Morose |
Very depressed; despondent; mournful |
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Nostalgia |
A wistful sentimental longing for a place or time in the past |
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Impasse |
A deadlock; stalemate; failure to reach an agreement |
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Auspicious |
Very favorable |
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Archaic |
No longer in use; outmoded in design or style |
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Affable |
Agreeable; marked by a pleasing personality; warm and friendly |
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Clandestine |
Secret; covert; not open; not aboveboard |
